Lockdown 2020 and on

Last night I got some sleep...but to say my dreams are odd is a bit of an understatement! For some reason I was dreaming about my Nanny's china cabinet! No clue why, but I an just remember a collection of tea cups and saucers she had in various colours with flowers and fruit on them. The 4 granddaughters used them for tea parties and I wish I had the blue one I always used. I think it is because I have no actual items with memories attached to them, and I obviously need something. I have found an identical one on eBay and I would love to have it as an aide memoire I guess. Mikey is starting to get a little nervous about the move of school this year, I'm trying to reassure him as much as I can. He also is joining me in our campaign for a dog. Personally I feel having a dog will help him, I used my dog to get through the 6th form - I felt she was the only 'person' I could talk to without being told what I've done wrong or should do...Pip kept me sane during a tough pe...

Today is officially 1 year since we were all told to stay at home, and I went into shielding. At this point it was out of choice to keep safe as it took several more weeks before I got the official notification from the NHS/Nephrology Team and then another month before my GP told me! Always good to know they are on the ball!!! Today is also the official day of Remembrance/Reflection, to be honest I am not sure how I feel. As a family we have been very lucky and have not lost anyone, but I have lost friends who really did not deserve to be killed by a bug that, personally, I still believe the Chinese created for some reason and released by mistake. The Government have announced that foreign holidays are illegal, currently until the end of June. Trying to leave the country without a good reason is a £5000 fine and not filling the various forms in correctly/accurately is a £200 fine. The airlines are really not going to like this and trying to get anywhere in the UK during the summer is g...

Had a decidedly mixed couple of days over the weekend...Took my 1st capsule of Tramadol on Saturday night and had the best sleep I've had for months. Unfortunately the pain kicked in just after 7 and I was awake again and it was decidedly uncomfortable. I tried again last night, I got to sleep quite quickly but it was not a relaxing or refreshing rest. My dreams were mainly re-runs of those I had during my time in a coma in 2008; decidedly off putting and to be honest not something I wanted to re-live at all. Some of my 'dreams' during my coma were fun and enjoyable, nut not all of them. I wish I could remember what order I had them in so I could find out if the bad ones were when I was at my worst and closest to death, but I really can't remember. It is also odd that I can remember talking to people whilst I was dreaming...mostly my Mum! Dad was usually in another room relaxing on bean bags with a beer or 2! Oh - and plain hula hoops - so he must have been watching rug...